It seems like the United States always has some oldies tours happening. Just last week, I saw Three Dog Night for the first time since like 1974, live and in concert. I have to admit they still sound great, although there was a lot less jeans and Army jackets at this concert compared to the last time I saw them.

Is this a unique US phenomenon, or do hitmakers from years past in other countries also take to the road and play smaller venues?

It happens in other countries, too. For the last few years in Canada, The Guess Who have been playing here and there, and also sounding great. In their case, there have been clone bands playing some venues with only one or two members, because of who owns the right to the band's name.

If you want to see The Guess Who, the best lineup in years has been Burton Cummings singing, Randy Bachman and Don McDougall on guitars, Bill Wallace on bass and Gary Peterson on drums. Two fine guitarists formerly with the band have passed away - Domenic Troiano and Kurt Winter.

We just went to see the Who a few months ago and it was the best concert I've seen in a few years, I don't think that this is alone a US phenomenon, I think bands in any country will tour if there seems to be interest

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Las Vegas is an absolute haven for "oldies" groups. I saw Air Supply there a few years ago, and I know that Chicago also performs in Vegas frequently. Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas also frequently books oldie performers in their "House of Blues." It's very neat to see the bands I loved in the 80s perform live, even if they are at least twenty years past cool.

I think it's probably a resurgence of fans. Younger people are hopping on the oldies bandwagon because it's the "cool" and "kitschy" thing to do. Or maybe because they hear it on the radio and realize how good it is!

My daughter is as obsessed with oldies as she is with today's music. She loves Devo and Whip It and sings along with me in the car when my oldies station is on. Even my son likes them. Thanks to the animated movies they have out now, which are loaded with oldies tunes, he knows quite a lot of them.